US, Colombia vow to support effort to oust Venezuela’s Maduro
26 January 2020 |
12:03 pm
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said Washington plans to do more to support Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido. Guaido, who was defying a travel plan to speak in Colombia, plans to travel on to Europe.
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